1. Image contrast in near‐field optics
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Jay K. Trautman, Frances Hellman, Eric Betzig, Timothy D. Harris, E. M. Gyorgy, J. S. Weiner, and David J. DiGiovanni
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Diffraction ,Birefringence ,Chemistry ,business.industry ,Bright-field microscopy ,Near-field optics ,Physics::Optics ,General Physics and Astronomy ,law.invention ,Optics ,Optical microscope ,Differential interference contrast microscopy ,law ,Near-field scanning optical microscope ,business ,Refractive index - Abstract
The resolution of optical microscopy can be extended beyond the diffraction limit by placing a source or detector of visible light having dimensions much smaller than the wavelength, λ, in the near‐field of the sample (
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- 1992